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The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea ("Periplus of the Red Sea"), a Greek periplus written by an unknown author around the 1st century, contains a detailed description of the Red Sea's ports and sea routes. [17] The Periplus also describes how Hippalus first discovered the direct route from the Red Sea to India.
The Egyptians had trade routes through the Red Sea, importing spices from the "Land of Punt" (East Africa) and from Arabia. [11] In Asia, the earliest evidence of maritime trade was the Neolithic trade networks of the Austronesian peoples among which is the lingling-o jade industry of the Philippines, Taiwan, southern Vietnam and peninsular ...
Map of the Arctic region showing the Northern Sea Route, in the context of the Northeast Passage, and Northwest Passage [1]. The Northern Sea Route (NSR) (Russian: Се́верный морско́й путь, romanized: Severnyy morskoy put, shortened to Севморпуть, Sevmorput) is a shipping route about 5,600 kilometres (3,500 mi) long.
By Jonathan Saul and Helen Reid. LONDON (Reuters) - Companies transporting their products around the world are not ready to return to the Red Sea trade route in the wake of a Gaza ceasefire deal ...
Attacks by Iran-backed militants in the Red Sea have effectively closed one of the world’s main trade routes to most container ships — vessels that carry everything from car parts to Crocs ...
Such is the importance of the route that the United States launched a ... Oil prices rose almost 2% Monday after BP said it would suspend all shipments through the Red Sea. Belgian shipping group ...
Jeddah Islamic Port is a Saudi Arabian port, located in Jeddah on the Red Sea, at the middle of an international shipping route between the east and west via the Suez Canal. It is the second-largest and second-busiest port in the Arab world (after the Port of Jebel Ali in Dubai, UAE).
Maersk, CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd have all announced new charges in recent days to transport goods along many of the world’s busiest trade routes. “The dynamic situation in the Red Sea and the ...